The Hill

FDA to phase out some animal testing requirements, possibly replace them with AI models

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it plans to phase out animal testing requirements for biological products and drugs, instead moving toward alternative testing models such ...
The Hill

Cutting animal testing will jeopardize human health

The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health held a joint workshop July 7 on reducing animal testing in research, strikingly announcing that “NIH will no longer seek proposals ...
Transport Topics

FMCSA Retains Fleets' 50% Random Drug Testing Rate in 2025

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Motor carriers must continue to conduct random drug tests with 50% of their truck drivers and random alcohol tests with 10% of their ...
KHQ

Australian state bans testing of illicit drugs

The Australian state of Queensland has banned the testing of drugs for recreational use, sparking warnings from health providers on Friday that the move could put lives at risk. Queensland ranks third ...
The New York Times

Navy Will Start Testing SEALs for Illicit Drug Use

For the first time, everyone in Naval Special Warfare, not just trainees, will face random screening for performance-enhancing drugs, believed to be widely abused in the ranks. By Dave Philipps For ...
Reuters

FDA suspends program to improve bird flu testing due to staff cuts

April 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency, according to an ...
Inc

AI-Driven Drug Discovery Picks Up as FDA Pushes to Reduce Animal Testing

Drug developers are increasing adoption of AI technologies for discovery and safety testing to get faster and cheaper results, in line with an FDA push to reduce animal testing in the near future.
CNN

FDA says it will phase out animal testing requirement for monoclonal antibodies and drugs

The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will be phasing out a requirement that monoclonal antibodies and other drugs be tested on animals, saying in a news release that there ...
NPR

The FDA no longer requires all drugs to be tested on animals before human trials

A new U.S. law has eliminated the requirement that drugs in development must undergo testing in animals before being given to participants in human trials. Animal rights advocates have long pushed for ...
Benzinga.com

Nvidia-Backed Recursion, Ginkgo Bioworks Rally Following FDA's Decision To End Animal Testing

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its plans to end the mandatory animal testing of new drugs, a move that sent AI-enabled biotech companies such as Recursion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
STAT

The end of animal testing? Transitioning to models is promising — but no silver bullet

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recently published Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies may have caused a stir across the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, but ...